In the category of awesome-ness comes this lamp that includes USB ports for charging of USB devices. With a large chunk of portable electronic devices being capable of USB charging, this is the ...

Some hacks are born of genius or necessity, and others from our sheer ham-fisted incompetence. This is not a story about the first kind. But it did give me an excuse to show how easy it is to design ...

Electronic ballasts used in fluorescent lighting systems can experience high failure rates, due to the fact that the ballast manufacturer may not have considered all failure mechanisms or provided ...

Introduced early last year, the Waka Waka lamp is a solar-powered LED light designed for use both in first-world campsites and third-world homes. Towards the end of the year, the Waka Waka Foundation ...

On the surface, smart lamps like the LIFX Luna seem a limited, even boring, category. A smart light bulb can be dropped into any light fixture, so why limit yourself to a singular design that can’t be ...

I stopped using a smart plug with these 5 common household devices - here's why ...

For those who love Pixar's Luxo Jr., Apple's engineers developed a lamp that swivels with excitement as it obeys your every whim. Reading time 3 minutes Thirty nine years ago, the CG wizards at Pixar ...

What if your lamps could work smarter without you? If you're not using light timers yet, you're missing out on their amazing ...